Definition of two's complement - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

number representation

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method for representing signed numbers in binary form

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Two's complement is used in most computer systems.

binary arithmetic

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binary system representing negative numbers by bitwise complement plus one

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In two's complement, -5 is represented as 11111011 in an 8-bit system.

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French:complément à deux, complément à 2, ...
German:Zweierkomplement, ...
Italian:complemento a due, sistema binario complemento a due, ...
Spanish:complemento a dos, sistema binario de complemento a dos, ...
Portuguese:complemento de dois, complemento a dois, ...
Chinese:二进制补码, 二的补码, ...
Japanese:2の補数, ツーズコンプリメント, ...
Arabic:مُكَمِّل الإِثْنَيْن, متمم اثنين, ...
Hebrew:מַשְׁלִים לִשְׁנַיִם, הַשְׁלָמָה לִשְׁנַיִם, ...
Russian:дополнение до двух, ...
Ukrainian:двійкове доповнення, ...
Hindi:दो का पूरक, ...
Bengali:টু'স কমপ্লিমেন্ট, দুইয়ের পরিপূরক, ...
Catalan:complement a dos, complement de dos, ...
Czech:dvojkový doplněk, ...
Danish:to-komplement, to's komplement, ...
Dutch:tweecomplement, twee's complement, ...
Greek:συμπλήρωση δύο, συμπλήρωμα δύο, ...
Hungarian:kettes komplemens, ...
Khmer:កំណត់ត្រាបំពេញបន្ថែមពីរ, តម្លៃបំពេញបន្ថែមពីរ, ...
Korean:2의 보수, ...
Persian:متمم دو, مکمل دو, ...
Polish:uzupełnienie do dwóch, ...
Portuguese (BR):complemento de dois, complemento a dois, ...
Romanian:complement față de doi, complementul lui doi, ...
Swedish:tvåkomplementsmetod, tvåkomplementsform, ...
Thai:ทูส์คอมพลีเมนต์, ...
Turkish:ikili tümleme, ikinin tümleyeni, ...
Vietnamese:bù hai, ...

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